Month: July 2009

July 24, 2009 | CAROLINE GABRIEL : The next generation wireless game is one of constantly moving goalposts and even as one platform is trialled, the next is already in the works. This week sees a milestone for the next iteration of the standard underpinning WiMAX, 802.16m, and the first operator trial plans for interoperability… Continue reading Wireless goalposts move, with 802.16m steps and LTE core trials

July 23, 2009 | LteWorld -3G Americas has recently published an report: MIMO Transmission Schemes for LTE and HSPA Networks. The report is intended increases awareness and helps guide the deployment of MIMO technology in HSPA and LTE networks.

July 23, 2009 | In its new report titled, “LTE  for many operators, if not almost all operators, is the 4G end goal for upgrading wireless networks,” Visant Strategies states that as operators deploy LTE the technology shows the promise of robust growth the first half of this next decade.

July 23 2009 | Global HSPA connections will pass the 150 million mark by the end of the summer, the GSM Association announced yesterday. According to Dan Warren, Director of Technology, GSMGSMA, the tremendous success of HSPA demonstrates the enormous ongoing demand for truly mobile broadband access.

July 23 (Bloomberg) — Diana ben-Aaron | Ericsson AB, the world’s largest maker of wireless phone networks, submitted a bid for Nortel Networks Corp.’s wireless assets, which may help bolster sales of services in North America.

JULY 22, 2009 | Dan Jones | Qualcomm Inc. will be months later than expected in shipping its first Long Term Evolution (LTE) silicon samples for data cards, which could push back products based on the chipsets to later in 2010.

July 22nd, 2009 | Kevin Fitchard While major CDMA operators like Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ, NYSE:VOD) and Sprint (NYSE:S) are moving directly to 4G, the CDMA Development Group and other CDMA proponents have long stressed there is an alternative, EV-DO Revision B, which would allow operators to boost capacity without building new networks or acquiring new… Continue reading ZTE touts CDMA upgrade path to LTE

July 22, 2009 | MSF has announced major LTE/SAE (Long Term Evolution/ System Architecture Evolution) interoperability event inMarch 2010. Vodafone and China Mobile are the first to sign up for the MSF’s (MultiService Forum) major LTE/SAE (Long Term Evolution / System Architecture Evolution) Interoperability Event.

Jul 21, 2009  | By Pav Jordan | TORONTO (Reuters) – An auction this week for the wireless assets of Canada’s Nortel Networks (NRTLQ.PK), valued at a minimum of $650 million, has suddenly become a lot more interesting and may turn into a bidding war.